Job Fair
Now that I am in my last year of University the reality of getting a job has dawned on me. I went to a Job Fair on Wednesday. The Fair was mostly an opportunity to get the contact names and numbers of employers. 95% of the booths were looking for administrators, marketing analyists, software designers, engineers, chemists, etc., and all sorts of technical positions that I am not qualified for. However, there were three booths there for teaching English overseas, (2 for Korea, 1 for Japan). There was one booth there by Geosign which is an internet publisher that designs their own websites and produces articles on fashion, food, interior decorating, etc., and they were looking for writers and editors. The last booth I visited was a software company called OpenText that was looking for marketing writers to produce brochures and web content and things of that nature.
Teaching English oversea is something I am seriously considering right now. The package is to die for: $33 000 Canadian paid in Korean dollars, Korea has a 2% income tax rate, the company pays for your ticket to and from Korea, they pay for your lodging while in Korea, and they provide a three week paid vacation. Essentially, the only expenses that would fall on me would be transportation to and from work, hydro, internet, and food, and life is Korea is significantly cheaper than life in North America. So, I would go and teach and return sitting on about $25 000. The downside: teaching English overseas has become a popular and trendy thing to do so their application list is probably insanely long. But, there is no harm in trying.
Teaching English oversea is something I am seriously considering right now. The package is to die for: $33 000 Canadian paid in Korean dollars, Korea has a 2% income tax rate, the company pays for your ticket to and from Korea, they pay for your lodging while in Korea, and they provide a three week paid vacation. Essentially, the only expenses that would fall on me would be transportation to and from work, hydro, internet, and food, and life is Korea is significantly cheaper than life in North America. So, I would go and teach and return sitting on about $25 000. The downside: teaching English overseas has become a popular and trendy thing to do so their application list is probably insanely long. But, there is no harm in trying.